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We previously isolated from a 1994 isolate ofVibrio cholerae O139 a filamentous lysogenic bacteriophage, choleraphage 493, which inhibits pre-O139 but not post-O139 El Tor biotypeV. cholerae strains in plaque assays. We investigated the role of the mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin (MSHA) type IV pilus as a receptor in phage 493 infection. Spontaneous, Tn5 insertion, andmshA deletion mutants are resistant to 493 infection. Susceptibility is restored bymshA complementation of deletion mutants. Additionally, the 493 phage titer is reduced by adsorption with MSHA-positive strains but not with a ΔmshA1 strain. Monoclonal antibody against MSHA inhibits plaque formation. We conclude that MSHA is the receptor for phage 493. The emergence and decline of O139 in India and Bangladesh are correlated with the susceptibility and resistance of El Tor strains to 493. However,mshA gene sequences of post-O139 strains are identical to those of susceptible pre-O139 isolates, indicating that phage resistance of El Tor is not due to a change inmshA . Classical biotype strains are (with rare exceptions) hemagglutinin negative and resistant to 493 in plaque assays. Nevertheless, they express themshA pilin gene. They can be infected with 493 and produce low levels of phage DNA, like post-O139 El Tor strains. Resistance to 493 in plaque assays is thus not equivalent to resistance to infection. The ability of filamentous phages, such as 493, to transfer large amounts of DNA provides them, additionally, with the potential for quantum leaps in both identity and pathogenicity, such as the conversion of El Tor to O139.

The Vibrio cholerae Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin Is the Receptor for a Filamentous Bacteriophage from V. cholerae O139